Beep! "Bye!" I threw on my jacket and ran out the door. I shivered and ran to the Barrett/DeWitt's new Jeep.

"Hello Karen," Mrs. DeWitt smiled at me.

"Good evening," I replied uneasily.

"See, Taylor---your brother has good taste in girls. Can't you hear how polite she is ?" Shrugging, I clicked my seat belt. They're talking about me as if I were not even there. Weird.

Buddy whispered in my ear, "Taylor's girlfriend is kind of a punk." I felt tingly, excited yet nervous when he gets that close to me.

I nodded. Lindsey ignored me the whole ride; "Don't wanna be an American Idiot, one nation controlled by the media, Information age of hysteria, it's calling out to Idiot America." I rolled my eyes. Lindsey DeWitt is such a snob. Also, she can't sing for crap!

Buddy held my hand and helped me out of the car. How much, how long, did he like me secretly before? I wondered. We walked over to the punch table when we were inside.

"Hey!" Melody called to me while she was dancing with Brett. Totally hunkified guy, I must ay. "I thought you didn't have a date!"

"Deal with it! You're not the only one with a boyfriend around here. Dreams can come true!" The last sentence was mostly said to Buddy. Then I buried my head in his shoulder as a slow dance began.

Why was I talking about Brett for? Here I am, Buddy Barrett practically falling into my arms. Major flashback, right? Well, I'd say I was right for once. Dreams do come true.

Mrs. Dawes drove Nancy, Danny, Jessica, Jordan, Andrew and I to Dad's house for the costume party, arriving at 12:30 sharp. My half sisters were princesses Danny was a ninja turtle and Andrew was the devil, not literally.

Dad and Elizabeth were hanging a banner that simply said "Halloween Party." By 12:45 there were my and Nancy's sibs including Emily, Hannah and Sari, Suzi, Brianna and Joe, Melody and Skylar, Myriah with Gabbie, Laura and Rebecca, Jen had Andrea, and there was Archie. I had helped set up a refreshments table and Elizabeth was in charge of the apple bobbing thing for the moment while we did practically everything else.

The Morgan's, Dales' and Newton came running excitedly out of the cars. I watched the kids. "Hello," Jessica and Jordan walked up to Angie and Cassie Morgan. "I am Princess Jessy from the Land of Messy."

"Princess Jordy of the Land of Sporty," Jordan shook their hands. "Charmed."

The girls giggled. "Princess Cassie from the Land of Lassie and Princess Angie from the land of Spanky," Eventually they all started laughing.

"Spanky and Angie don't rhyme, silly! But Cassie and Lassie is like……..hey! Lassie is a dog from a movie!" (More giggles.)

After an hour and a half of talking, playing and seeing others costumes, "Apple bobbing time!" I exclaimed. "Line up y me to bob for an apple!" Many kids ran up to me. Others were supervised by Suzi, Melody and Nancy. Maria was helping Joe DeWitt clan up a punch spill. Claire and Myriah were supervising the long line and the others helped me.

First Skylar stuck her face into the bucket. All she got was a "faceful of water." Shana Dale got a lot of water in her mouth and spat it onto the grass like a fountain. That cause d more giggles. Laura Perkins got an apple in her mouth and lost her grip on it so it flew out of her mouth, into the air and fell into the punch bowl! Jordan and Jessica insisted on trying together. They bit onto the same apple and carried it out with their mouths. "Ta-da!" everyone clapped.

It ended up that only my sisters, Andrea Prezzioso and Sari Papadakis had snagged apples. But while watching the kids play ad have fun I was thinking. WE dried so hard to start the Babysitters Club up again. And finally, I felt as if I were in a league somewhere with Kristy.

A/N: So, what'd you think? I'm going to be working n my BSC super special so stay tuned!

Luv, Tori